Former President Donald Trump made an appearance at last night’s UFC 302 in New Jersey, receiving an outpouring of praise from both the audience and the fighters. Following a major win at the event, fighter Kevin Holland ran to Trump and shook the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s hand.
Holland, a middleweight fighter, faced Michal Oleksiejczuk. In the first round, Holland was viciously knocked to the ground by his opponent in just the first few seconds. However, Holland managed to recover and force Oleksiejczuk into submission, winning the fight.
“Dude cracked me with a good shot, somehow we ended up on the ground, left his arm in a little too far. You know what they say, either too out or too in,” Holland recounted. “Just like a regular class in jiu-jitsu, I was trying not to go too hard and then I realized he wasn’t going to tap, so I hugged him a couple times. But overall, Chihuahua got the pit bull out of there.”
After Holland earned the win, he immediately climbed over the cage, going to shake the hand of Donald Trump, who was sitting just outside of the octagon. Holland and the former president embraced each other, where Trump appeared to offer praise and congratulations to fighter.
Last week, Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts in the hush money trial brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Despite the felony conviction, Trump was well-received by the UFC crowd when entering the arena.
Trump addressed the guilty verdict in comments he made outside the courthouse, maintaining that he is fighting for the country and the Constitution. He emphasized that the true verdict was going to come on November 5th, when Americans could decide who should be president. Trump stated:
“This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. It’s a rigged trial, a disgrace. They wouldn’t give us a venue change. We were at 5% or 6% in this district, in this area, this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5, by the people. And they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here. You have a Soros-backed DA and the whole thing, we didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man, and it’s okay. I’m fighting for our country. I’m fighting for our Constitution. Our whole country is being rigged right now. This was done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt an opponent, a political opponent, and I think it’s just a disgrace. And we’ll keep fighting. We’ll fight till the end, and we’ll win because our country’s gone to hell. We don’t have the same country anymore. We have a divided mess we’re nation in decline, serious decline. Millions and millions of people pouring into our country right now from prisons and from mental institutions, terrorists and they’re taking over our country. We have a country that’s in big trouble, but this was a rigged decision, right from day one, with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case, never, and we will fight for our Constitution. This is long from over. Thank you very much.”
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